Collar-supporter.



J. G. TURNBULL.

COLLAR SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.10, 1913.

1 1 1 2, 1 ()2. Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

JAMES GRAHAM TURNBULL, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

GOLLAR-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

Application filed April 10, 1913. Serial No. 760,132.

The invention comprises the use, in com-- bination, in a support or stiffener as aforesaid, of a spring wire bent to a sinuous form With the sinuosities of regular and even formation and lying in a plane widtl1-wise of the support as hereinafter described, pinlike piercing means and a sheath at each end of the spring portion and each of said piercing means having a hump or kink adapted, on the sheath and piercing means becoming engaged, to temporarily lock such parts to each other.

The object of the present invention is to provide the spring wire central portion of a collar support or the like with pinlike pointed ends, each end having a hump or kink for looking it in a sheath.

A further object is to produce a support of this type in a simpler and cheaper manner than heretofore.

On the accompanying sheet of drawing, Figure 1 illustrates a face View (partly in section) of the improved support constructed according to the invention, and Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate an elevational view and a sectional view of the sheath, respectively, all drawn to a magnified scale.

Referring to Fig. 1, a is the spring wire which is bent or folded to a sinuous form position'when the support is in use.

of regular and even formation, with all the sinuosities lying in a plane width-wise of the support; a, a are the pin-like pointed ends of the wire which form the piercing means, and a a are the humps or kinks which, when the parts a are inserted in the part b of the sheath, are sprung into the holes 6 to temporarily lock the sheath on to the spring wire and so retain the wire in The outer shell portion of the sheath b is, preferably, of spherical formation but may be of any other suitable shape and may be plain or ornamental.

In using the improved support it is first laid fiat against the collar or other article to be supportedand the pointed ends of the Wire a are passed through the material of the collar, when the sheaths are applied.

What I claim is:

In a collar or like support or stiffener, the combination of a length of spring wire bent to a sinuous form, the sinuosities being of regular and even formation and lying in a plane common to all and width-wise of the support, said wire having its ends pointed and near each of such pointed ends having a kink, and a sheath comprising an outer shell art and an inner tubular part, the later eing closed at one end and open at the other end, and having a hole at one side to receive the kink in the pointed end of the wire, whenthe latter is inserted in the sheath, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES GRAHAM TURNBULL.

Witnesses:

JOHN CAMP, HENRY J UNEA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

